SOLUTION: 1. What is the supplement of a 17-degree angle? How do we get the answer of 73 degrees? 2. How do we find the complement of a 23-degree angle?

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Question 1086172: 1. What is the supplement of a 17-degree angle? How do we get the answer of 73 degrees?
2. How do we find the complement of a 23-degree angle?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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1. I think you mean complement, not supplement.

If x = 17 is the given angle, then the complement is
90 - x = 90-17 = 73 degrees

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2. Using the same formula as in problem 1 above, we get

x = 23
90 - x = 90 - 23 = 67 degrees